Question

Directions (111-115): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as whole.

The puzzle that we _________ today was quite a hard _______ to crack.

A attended , thing Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B saw , nut Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C solved , nut Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D got , one Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
E none of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

We can always ‘solve’ a puzzle and therefore comment that it was a hard ‘nut’ to crack . (as famously used)

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